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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 12509, member: 837"]
6 wins is a big step backward how? (legit question, not a rhetorical one) From the 8 last year? I often think people -- national media, probably the coaches as well and certainly the vast majority of fans -- tend to view rebuilding as a linear process. As in, we won X last year, we need to win at least x+1 this year, etc.

I just don't think it works that way for a variety of reasons:
-- You can play pretty well and lose games, you can play poorly and win them. Adds a bit of randomness to your final record
-- Schedules can change drastically from year to year despite featuring many of the same programs
--  The difficulty going from 4 wins to 8, IMO, is less than the difficulty of going from 8 to 10. I guess that's subjective on my part, but I just think making the leap from decent bowl team to legit conference title contender/BCS participant is a really big one.

As for this team, I am really concerned about the OL and think they have a lot to prove there. I also still think they are vulnerable against a team that can line up and really pound the ball at them (even though the secondary/pass rush has drawn much of the criticism thus far). I would guess 6 wins, but would point out that they don't really have any guaranteed wins on the sched and there really aren't many games in which I expect them to have no chance of winning (though USC looks like a huge mountain to climb).
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